Tai Chi Questions

In Tai Chi history, many masters practiced at least 10 times of routine everyday.

But it is not easy for people who are living in modern fast-pace society to practice like that. However, there is a way of maintaining your practice and even make some daily progress even though you do not have a lot of time: you should practice the basic techniques such as silk-reeling exercises, some posture-stances, and single movement exercises. By this way, you will build and maintain your basic foundation. Then practice routine once.

In the Tai Chi community of China, people say that:

You will keep your level if you practice one routine a day;

You will make a bit progress if you practice twice routine a day;

You will make more progress if you practice three times routine a day.

However, if you want to be professional, you have to practice as much as you can without counting the number and hours every day. Eventually, your practice and demonstration will tell others how many times you have practiced.

So set up the goal first then find the best time and practice it, you will get benefits after that.

It is not true. In the martial art community of China, usually, when people talk about martial art, they will not add the word "Quan" in the end of each routine or style. For example, people say "Shao Lin" instead of "Shao Lin Quan". It is the same with Tai Chi.

Originality Tai Chi is for self-defense. But in the modern society, most of practitioners do not know the martial art aspect of Tai Chi. But still, it is not the reason to interpret the difference between Tai Chi and Tai Chi.

Yes, it is true. When you practice, in order to get the details and master the Tai Chi principle, it should be very slow. Actually all of other styles share the same thing, no matter external styles or internal styles. Being soft is for relaxation, relaxation is for moving fast when people apply these forms.

But it is not true because eventually Tai Chi has to be practiced very quickly too since it is a martial art. Martial art needs speed to generate power no matter the distance (initial point to the target) is small or big. As a martial art, it requires the fist or palm to be solid at most of time as well.

Therefore, there is a sense of balance between softness, hardness, slowness and fastness.

Tai Chi practitioners should know how to find the balance points among these many different factors of practice.

It is not true. In the martial art community of China, usually, when people talk about martial art, they will not add the word "Quan" in the end of each routine or style. For example, people say "Shao Lin" instead of "Shao Lin Quan". It is the same of Tai Chi.

Originally Tai Chi is for self-defense. But in the modern society, most of practitioners do not know the martial art aspect of Tai Chi. But still, it is not the reason to interpret the difference between Tai Chi and Tai Chi.